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Town End, Grasmere
Town End
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY34200701 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3407
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BLK97.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5NY30NW.jpg
"Town End"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
image
CL9NY30N.jpg
"Town end"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY30.jpg
"Town End"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Town End"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?
image  click to enlarge
WAL5.jpg
"Town End"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 63
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Townend
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
image  click to enlarge
HA18.jpg
"Townend"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, chimneys at Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, about 1849.
image  click to enlarge
AS0132.jpg
"Town end opposite Mr Wordsworth's cottage"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.32
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Town End
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
image  click to enlarge
M084Vil4.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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places:-  
NY40780269 Bellehill Cottage (Lakes) L
NY63532533 Bridge End Inn (Kirkby Thore)
NY72410402 bridge, Ravenstonedale (3) (Ravenstonedale)
SD37789515 Church Cottage (Claife)
SD36098705 Cobby House (Colton) L
NY40740262 fingerpost, Troutbeck (Lakes)
SD35888678 Finsthwaite Cottage (Colton)
SD36018697 Finsyke Cottage (Colton)
SD35909813 gate, Colthouse (Claife)
SD36018706 Green Cottage (Colton)
SD37789513 Hallbank (Claife)
SD36128698 house, Finsthwaite (Colton)
NY40760263 Low Fold Farm (Lakes) L
NY40730256 Low House Farm (Lakes) L
SD35899812 pig sty, Colthouse (Claife)
SD36098711 post box, Finsthwaite (Colton)
NY40720228 post box, Troutbeck (Lakes)
NY40670254 Robin Lane Cottages (Lakes) L
SD36098712 Sinder Hill Cottage (Colton)
SD35878675 Thwaite End (Colton)
SD36088701 Tom Crag (Colton) L
SD37779518 Town End Cottages (Claife) L
NY53622623 Town End (Clifton) L
SD35848673 Town End Farmhouse (Colton)
NY53622626 Town End (Clifton) L
NY40680200 Town Foot Farm (Lakes) L
NY40710227 Townend (Lakes) L
NY40730264 Troutbeck Post Office (Lakes)
SD35889811 water trough, Colthouse (Claife)
NY40800280 water trough, Troutbeck (3) (Lakes)
NY34400697 Wood Close (Lakes)
NY34190701 spring, Dove Cottage (Lakes)
NY34200703 Dove Cottage (Lakes) L
NY34160688 Daffodil Hotel (Lakes)
NY40710216 barn, Townend (Lakes) L
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